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A customer fatally shot a robber in the head after he held up a Texas restaurant with a fake gun - and police are now searching for the vigilante who helped get the stolen money back to the patrons.
The robber, believed to be in his 20s, entered Ranchito #4 Taqueria in southwest Houston wearing a black ski mask and gloves before ambushing 10 customers and demanding their money at gunpoint.
Footage shows the shouting man wave what is believed to be a pistol around the restaurant, while customers drop to the ground and hand over their belongings.
But as the man headed towards the door, one of the patrons - described by police as either white or Hispanic - produced his own gun and shot the robber.
He fired nine times - one of which was in the head - causing him to collapse to the ground. The customer, wearing a grey t-shirt and jeans, then collected the stolen money and cellphones and started handing it back to the people they were taken from.
Police have not filed any charges and just want to speak to the customer in the clip.
The customer shot the robber, seen in the red ring, after he entered Ranchito #4 Taqueria and demanded people's money and cellphones at gunpoint. Police believe that the masked robber was actually using a fake gun
Police now want to speak to this customer, described by cops as either white or Hispanic, who stood up and shot the robber as he was leaving the restaurant in Houston
The 'gunman' who entered the shop waving his pistol and shouting, was taking money and cellphones from patrons before one customer stood up and shot him
Pedro Lopez, owner of the taqueria, said he and his employees are still in shock but he is glad that his staff and customers were unharmed in the shooting
He then fled the scene in a dusty pickup truck, along with the other customers in the taqueria on South Gessner Road.
Investigators say that they want to track down to the pictured man for his role in the shooting - and that no charges have been filed yet.
The identity of the robber has not yet been released - but police believe the gun he was waving around the restaurant may have been a plastic BB gun.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeants M. Arrington, C. Duncan and Detectives S. Overstreet and L. Lovelace said in a report: 'Officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the restaurant at the above address and observed an
